Complete soft palate necrosis and velopharyngeal insufficiency resulting from intranasal inhalation of prescription narcotics and cocaine

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1482-1485

  Birchenough, Shawn A ^a   Borowitz, Kathleen ^b   Lin, Kant Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine related disorders; Narcotics related disorders; Pharyngeal flap; Soft palate; Velopharyngeal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COCAINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; PERCOCET;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; EAR INFECTION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INHALATION; MOUTH MUCOSA; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; NECROSIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PALATE DISEASE; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT PALATE; SORE THROAT; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE FLAP;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; NECROSIS; NOSE DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; OXYCODONE; PALATE, SOFT; SURGICAL FLAPS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 36048976906     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318068febc     Document Type: Article

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